Storm Station
Garden City, Iowa
61°
Light rain· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
90%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Garden City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WilliamsRWMI4

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,197 ft/5 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank210of 652

Iowa FallsIFA

At an airfield/16.8 mi away/1,137 ft/65 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank257of 652

Ames ScanAMMI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/1,073 ft/129 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank200of 652

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/23.7 mi away/1,073 ft/129 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hubbard 1.3 NNWIA-HD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,109 ft/93 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ZearingZRGI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/1,056 ft/146 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Iowa Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Garden City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iowa Falls, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER IOWA FALLSSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIowa Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.3 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Iowa Falls: temperature 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. B THE AIR AT IOWA FALLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.3 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEIowa Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Iowa Falls, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. C THE WIND AT IOWA FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIowa Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Iowa Falls, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Zearing (ZRGI4), 8.3 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Garden City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.